ENGLISH SPEAKING Practice (Exercise 5) Goal Setting
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English speaking practice and pronunciation practice is an invaluable method for improving fluency and confidence when speaking English. The student repeats a phrase or sentence after hearing the native speaker say it. The student repeats the phrase or sentence 3 times. This repetition is crucial. Turn the teacher’s voice up loud, and then repeat with a loud voice.
Persistence and perseverance are keys to success. At first it may seem a little monotonous but soon you will get used to repeating each phrase or sentence 3 times. Soon your self-confidence will grow and you will be able to read with much more certainty which will then filter through to speaking English fluently in conversation, which accurate pronunciation.
Here is ENGLISH SPEAKING & PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE
Exercise 5: Goal Setting
Slide 2:
Be sure to watch the introductory video to learn how to use the echo speaking method.
See the link in the Description . . .
(https://youtu.be/QYDJ-nCgp_k)
Slide 3 onwards
The Reading
Why Does Goal Setting Work?
Goal setting involves creating an action plan to guide and motivate a person to reach a goal. Goal setting involves more than a mere dream or wish. When a person sets a goal, they are committing mental energy, emotion and action to attaining that goal. So why do people who set specific goals seem to be more successful at getting things done than those who don’t set goals?
Partly because of an amazing mechanism in our brain which has been called the Reticular Activating System (RAS). The word reticular means something that is like a net, or network. In this context, RAS refers to the network of neurons located in the brain stem which affects our behaviour, consciousness and awareness. In other words, RAS determines what you will notice and what you will ignore.
The brain processes thousands of pieces of information each minute from our various senses. It is impossible to give equal attention to everything. So the brain uses a screening process so the most important things are brought into focus. By setting a goal and then committing mental energy and awareness to that goal, the brain is alerted and starts to give greater prominence to things related to that goal.
In other words, we begin to see or become aware of things related to the goal that will help us achieve it. These things were probably already around us, but we never gave much attention to them before. Now a goal is set, the RAS begins to make us aware of what we need to reach the goal.
A humorous story is told of a man who dreamed of owning an expensive car. He never expected to be able to afford one but nevertheless, he kept thinking about it and imagining himself owning and driving it. One day as he is browsing the newspaper, he notices a classified advert for this very model. Just out of interest, he called the number to find out the price.
A woman answered and without telling him the price, encouraged him to just come and see it and take it for a drive. He found it to be an amazing experience. Here he was sitting in the driving seat of his dream car. After the test drive he apologetically told the woman he was sorry for wasting her time but he could never afford such a car. The woman said: “It’s yours for $20.” He was shocked and thought it was some joke. The woman assured him this was a genuine offer. He agreed, paid the $20 and signed the papers.
Once the deal was finished, his curiosity running wild, he asked, why did you sell this car for just $20? The woman explained that some months previously her husband had run off with another woman. They were going through a divorce. She received a message from him telling her to sell the car and forward the money to him. The woman said: “I just did!”
While this story has a clever ending, it illustrates the point that without fixing his mind on this car, the man probably would never have even noticed the advert. His RAS made him more aware of anything related to this car model, and he amazed himself by finally becoming the owner of one. So again, why does goal setting work? Partly because of your brain’s Reticular Activating System!
That is the end of the exercise.
Now you have finished this English speaking and pronunciation exercise, focus on improving your fluency. Read this text in Exercise 5 again, using the
Synchronized Reading method.
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